barricade v Cp OED ~ v 1 b (1677-). See also BALLICATTER v. To build up an obstruction (of ice); to coat heavily (with freezing rain and ice).
   [1775] 1792 CARTWRIGHT ii, 88 The shore was barricaded with ice, seven feet thick. [1786] ibid iii, 124 Their clothes were barricaded with ice in such manner, that I was obliged to cut them off.

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